By Mahmoud Magdy on 2025-07-11 13:36 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

What has been done through Week 6

• Created a GitHub Codespaces set up for the weblinks project. and it means anyone can now create a complete development environment in the cloud to work on the code or test pull requests.
• Made the codespace connect the weblinks to a fresh Joomla installation, so it's a working site right from the start, and the changes appear in the Joomla site directly.
• Added the ability to run Cypress tests with a GUI inside the codespace, not just from the terminal. It makes it much easier to see what you're doing when writing or fixing tests.
• Added phpMyAdmin inside the codespace, so now we have a simple way to look at and manage the database directly from the browser.

Next week plans

• Adding the ability to debug weblinks code step-by-step using XDebug in the Codespaces.
• Reviewing present issues on the weblinks repository and fixing any existing from last weeks pull requests.